TWO FACES UNDER ONE HOOD (or HAT), phr. (old).—Double-dealing.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HOOD.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. HOOD.
| May the man be d——d and never grow fat, | |
| Who carries TWO FACES UNDER ONE HAT. |
TO PUT A BONE IN ONES HOOD, verb. phr. (obsolete).—To cuckold.
1560. Nice Wanton (DODSLEY, Old Plays, 4th ed., 1875, ii., 169).
| I could tell you who putteth A BONE IN YOUR HOOD! | |
| Ibid. (p. 170). | |
| Then, by the rood, | |
| A BONE IN YOUR HOOD | |
| I shall put, ere it be long. |
